Intangible assets include operational assets that lack physical substance. For example, goodwill is a fixed asset, as are patents, copyrights, trademarks and franchises. A company's intangible assets ...

Intangible assets are non-physical assets on a company's balance sheet. These could include patents, intellectual property, trademarks, and goodwill. Intangible assets could even be as simple as a ...

The following column is written by Andrew D. Galbraith, CFA, MBA, director with HealthCare Appraisers. Accounting Standard Codification 350 – Intangibles, Goodwill and Other Indefinite Lived Assets ...

Accountants recognize three types of assets: tangible, intangible and financial. Intangible assets are ones that you can't touch, including copyrights, patents, mailing lists, trademarks, names, ...

Bank of America's balance sheet contains more goodwill than its closest competitors, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo. You can't sit on it. It doesn't generate loans or deposits. You can't ...

Asset values at major technology companies worldwide are shrinking as executives across the industry implement cost-control actions that often involve significant cash payouts to former employees and ...

Decades ago, the majority of assets were either buildings and machinery – often referred to as plant, property and equipment (PPE) – or financial assets such as cash or securities. These are known as ...